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Yahoo Reverses Allah Ban 331

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:07PM from the wierdest-title-i've-posted-in-awhile dept.

damnal writes "Yahoo's ban on "Allah" in users names, has been reversed. The ban was instituted due to a number of people registering for IDs using specific terms with the sole purpose of promoting hate. Yahoo's comment on the reversal: "We recently re-evaluated the term 'Allah,' and users can now register for IDs with this word because it is no longer a significant target for abuse.""

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reversed? (Score:4, Funny)

by TheUnknownOne ( 810624 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:09PM (#14788364)

I wouldn't say it's been reversed so much as removed... If it was reversed they would be requiring the string Allah in usernames, then again maybe i'm just nuts.

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Reversed it? (Score:1, Funny)

by roman_mir ( 125474 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:11PM (#14788385) Homepage Journal

So you can't use Allah, but you can use hallA?

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You can use Mohammed in your name (Score:5, Funny)

by winkydink ( 650484 ) * writes: <sv.dude@gmail.com> on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:11PM (#14788389) Homepage Journal

but you can't have a pic on your profile.

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Re:reversed? (Score:5, Funny)

by TubeSteak ( 669689 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:14PM (#14788420) Journal

Slashdot is considering requiring Allah to be appended to all User Names.

Yours will soon be: AllahTheUnknownOne
Mine will soon be: AllahsTubeSteak

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All I can say is... (Score:4, Funny)

by DemingBuiltMyHotRod ( 836463 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:16PM (#14788438)

Allah-eluiah

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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:16PM (#14788443)

...what is Google's take on this development?

I hear they are releasing Gislam beta with full text searching of the Gooran next week to try to solve yet another problem.

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Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:5, Funny)

by Jozer99 ( 693146 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:22PM (#14788499)

Callahans of the world rejoice!

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Re:Reversed it? (Score:5, Funny)

by Otter ( 3800 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:23PM (#14788504) Journal

No, it's a grave offense to Jews to use the name of our bread that way.

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MOD PARENT UP! (Score:1, Funny)

by SirJaxalot ( 715418 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:30PM (#14788553)

+5 INCITEFUL

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Re:Risky business (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:31PM (#14788570)

Here's a likeness of Mohammad: :-)

No, no look here: @:-)

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Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:38PM (#14788618)

1. Find images
2. Make t-shirts
3. Prophet

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"Nuts"? (Score:2, Funny)

by Sr. Pato ( 900333 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @06:53PM (#14788746) Homepage

...then again maybe i'm just nuts.

I wouldn't say you're nuts so much as crazy... if you were nuts then I'd probably be eating you accompanied by a nice can of beer (as opposed to an angry one); then again, maybe I'm just hungry.

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Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:3, Funny)

by Fred_A ( 10934 ) writes: <fred@NOspam.fredshome.org> on Thursday February 23, 2006 @07:16PM (#14788928) Homepage

(Score:1, Funny)

Aw come on, this was pretty good.

Besides I'm eager to see what Allah has to say on the matter. I added him to my buddy list.

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Re:Risky business (Score:4, Funny)

by ReverendLoki ( 663861 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @07:17PM (#14788937)

He's being witty - its a smiley with a Danish on his head.

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Us vs. them (Score:3, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) * writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @07:45PM (#14789116)

yes, you hit it right on the head. That is precisely the difference between slashdot and yahoo.

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Re:Reversed it? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @08:28PM (#14789334)

Please don't retaliate by inventing asprin or making beautiful music on the violin, I hate that. Why can't you just form an unruly mob, trample each other, and shoot guns in the air until the falling bullets threaten you like normal folks? Can't we all just fail to get along?

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Re:Yahoo!'s transition to a media company (Score:3, Funny)

by Otter ( 3800 ) writes: on Thursday February 23, 2006 @10:44PM (#14789917) Journal

I'm amazed that you can still be bitter about it though.
Wow, you must be insanely well-adjusted. That barely scratches the surface of my bitterness!

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Real Muhammad Emoticons (Score:3, Funny)

by chato ( 74296 ) writes: <(lc.otahc) (ta) (otahc)> on Friday February 24, 2006 @05:17AM (#14791263) Homepage

No, no look here: @:-)

Muhammad
(((:~{>

Muhammad wearing sunglasses
(((B~{>

Muhammad as a pirate
(((P~{>

Muhammad on a bad turban day
))):~{>

Muhammad with sand in his eye
(((;~{>

Muhammad with a bomb in his turban
*-O(:~{>

Muhammad sees a Danish cartoonist
((((8~{o>

Muhammad after going quail hunting with Dick Cheney
(:(:(:((8~{>:::::::::::::

Source: Transterrestrial Musings [transterrestrial.com]

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